Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2002 20:06:36 -0400 From: Andy Sparrow <spadger@best.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dhcp problems with my ISP Message-ID: <20020804000636.7544143@CRWdog.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Message from Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> of "Sat, 03 Aug 2002 15:01:38 PDT." <3D4C52C2.D2434C7E@mindspring.com>
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--==_Exmh_-1258474640P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Or "broad-band-ly speaking"? Yes, exactly... :-) > AT&T Broadband Internet will not give you a static IP or permit > you to run a server (they have blocking hardware in place) unless > you sign up for "business service", which means you give them > about four times the monthly fee vs. a "home" connection. Hmm. I don't see where the original post mentions any specific ISP - thus this is simply the policy of a single ISP, and not the one the poster is on? (In fact, it looks rather like the poster is in Dear Old Blighty... ;-) Given the current plethora of misconfigured proxies spewing SPAM, I have to admit I'm not as incensed by this as I might once have been. If you don't like this policy from your ISP, vote with your wallet. If you have no other choice in your area, then you have my sympathy. You could always move... :-d PacHell (and many other DSL providers) don't gouge you for a static IP, I'm happy to say. > Their technical FAQ is also enlighteining on their need for a MAC > address: http://www.bbs.att.com/faqstech.shtml . Hmm, I didn't actually find it to be so. Other than mentioning how to find your MAC on 'Doze box, I saw no reference to it at all. Perhaps I missed (or failed to intuit) something? Regards, AS --==_Exmh_-1258474640P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE9THAMPHh895bDXeQRAuZlAKDJ6r1FEPXGj/A8EFpwXKhwTAGqsQCfVATs VV0XeKXWVrqnTuQ5szwmeMI= =Djb5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1258474640P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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